El Dorado, Kansas | |
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City and County seat | |
![]() Main & Pine in El Dorado (2012) | |
![]() Located within Butler County and Kansas | |
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Coordinates: 37°49′16″N 96°51′30″W / 37.82111°N 96.85833°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
County | Butler |
Founded | 1860s |
Platted | 1868 |
Incorporated | 1871 |
Government | |
• Type | Commission-Manager |
• Mayor | Bill Young [2] |
• City Manager | David Dillner [3] |
Area | |
• Total | 9.20 sq mi (23.82 km2) |
• Land | 9.16 sq mi (23.72 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.09 km2) 0.67% |
Elevation | 1,332 ft (406 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 12,870 |
• Density | 1,400/sq mi (540/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 67042 |
Area code | 316 |
FIPS code | 20-20075 |
GNIS ID | 485567[1] |
Website | eldoks.com |
El Dorado (/ˌɛldəˈreɪdoʊ/[7] EL-də-RAY-doh) is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is situated along the Walnut River in the central part of Butler County and located in south-central Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 12,870.[5][6] It is home to Butler Community College.